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I have more faith in a recovering alcoholic going into a liquor store to window-shop and coming out with a jug of milk (in hand) than I do the premier of Ontario. What’s up Ford’s sleeve, suggesting that Mark Carney should extend an olive branch to western Canada? Something is not adding up here? All will be brought into the light, eventually.
DONALD K. MUNROE
(A united Canada benefits everyone)
Smith not the one
Alberta needs a sharp negotiator at the federal table when a new trade agreement with the U.S.A. is struck or we will be hung out to dry. Recalcitrant children always are easy scapegoats at the table and Smith is an obtuse child. B.C. is cooperating and as dependent as lumber is important to their economy, they are confident they’ll get preferential treatment by the U.S.A. in spite of the fact that U.S.A. does not need or want our lumber.
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ABRAM WIEBE
(Got anyone in mind?)
Trump’s Alcatraz
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz. The reopening would serve as a “symbol of law, order, and justice,” he said. One of the reasons why Trump makes so many people uncomfortable: He brings our fear of uncertainty right in front of our noses every day. He brings us turbulence. Whether you like Trump or not, he reminds us we have no idea what will happen tomorrow or even in the next minute. ‘No idea what will happen next’ reminds me of the Anglin Brothers, who were Depression-era men who had a history of many small-time bank robberies and equally numerous jailbreaks. Eventually, their crimes caught up to them, and the federal government sent them to Alcatraz, known for its inescapability. Now, there is nothing Pollyanna about finding comfort in the unknown. Instead, doing so allows one to harness their strength and be completely honest in the moment. Although Trump creates more uncertainty every day, I’ve stopped looking for certainty when there is none. I take a deep breath. I realize and accept life possesses many maybes. And if Trump does get his way, will I buckle up my seatbelt? Absolutely. But I will also allow myself the pleasure to imagine Trump at Alcatraz in a newly added presidential suite.
WILLIAM PERRY
(Hoping the U.S. president goes to prison because you don’t agree with him is an extreme position to take. The Democrats tried for years, and failed to do this)
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